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Thursday, January 14, 2016

The 2016 Oscar Nominations Are In, Make Of Them What You Will

At this point it’s cliché to say I don’t care about the
Oscars. I obviously pay attention in an academic way—it’s my job, after all—and
for spectacle’s sake, but that’s about as far as my interest really goes. The
nominations for this year came out and they play out as you expect.

Some of the Academy’s choices I agree with, some I very much
do not. To be honest, the only one I actually care about is Mad Max: Fury Road getting a Best Picture nomination because now we live in a
world where a Mad Max movie, any Mad Max
movie, has a shot at an Oscar. That’s pretty awesome. So it Sylvester Stallone’s
nomination for Creed, which is well deserved, even if the movie
got otherwise shut out.

There’s usually at least a couple WTF moments, but looking
through this list there isn’t one that really stands out. And as usual, there
are a lot of white people, like almost exclusively white people, so, you know,
it’s a list of Oscar nominees.

The Academy Awards will air on February 28, hosted by Chris
Rock. And without further ado, here’s the full list of nominees, make of it
what you will.